Beer and wine at Lunch 2.0

Sometimes entrepreneurs just need a stiff drink. Good thing they have events like Lunch 2.0 and the nPost pub crawl, both of which took place this evening.

The beer and wine were flowing as about 40 people from the startup community showed up at the Blue Gecko headquarters in Pioneer Square for the one year anniversary of the Lunch 2.0 gatherings.

It was a good crowd of entrepreneurs, with a lot of familiar faces. But I cut out before the group headed out on the pub crawl, which was starting at Collins Pub. (You can follow their progress on Twiiter.)

Who was there?

Well, LiquidPlanner’s Bruce Henry — who I’ve dubbed the leading tech socialite in Seattle — of course was holding court after his company’s commercial launch earlier this week. No doubt he was prepping for BarCamp Seattle, which gets going tomorrow.

Henry may have some competition from Seattle patent lawyer Adam Philipp, who seems to be at every tech event in town. In fact, he’s got his own customized name tag.

I bumped into Feedjit founder Mark Maunder, who chatted about the differences in the Seattle and Silicon Valley technology communities. (He thinks Seattle is a healthier environment.) He also shared his thoughts about the ups and downs of startups, noting that tough times are a good thing because they force people to get their creative juices flowing.

RescueTime’sTony Wright — who actually just returned from the Y Combinator program in Silicon Valley — was glowing since he was just quoted in a story in The New York Times on information overload.

That prompted Craig dos Santos to quip that he hoped RescueTime had the server capacity to handle the upsurge in traffic.

It was good to meet Etelos’ Eric Berto, who I learned used to be a sports reporter.

Todd Sawicki was there, chatting about people sharing information on Twitter and the state of newspapers. His very good advice. If you don’t want the world to know something, don’t post it on Twitter.